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WORKING FROM HOME Art ACTIVITIES
WORKING FROM HOME Art ACTIVITIES
Kia Ora 7/8 art
Kia Ora 7/8 art
While we are having time at home and away from school, let's try to keep up our art skills and put them to practice in our home environments.
Set yourselves a theme to work with or just use any ideas that come to mind.
Below is a series of art activities designed to put what you have already learnt into practice.
LEARN - AKO:
LEARN - AKO:
What do we know so far about composition and colour?
What do we know so far about composition and colour?
Here is a refresher:
Here is a refresher:
Create - Waihanga:
Create - Waihanga:
With all your composition knowledge in mind, here are some activities to do from your own home. You don't need to have any supplies available to you but a pencil and some paper are helpful. You can get as creative as you want with what materials you use.
With all your composition knowledge in mind, here are some activities to do from your own home. You don't need to have any supplies available to you but a pencil and some paper are helpful. You can get as creative as you want with what materials you use.
Lesson 1 - Laundry Portraits
Lesson 1 - Laundry Portraits
How can you use your own clothing and other material to create something that represents KAITIAKITANGA?
The Key Focus here is on TONE and SHAPE
Make sure you use a range of similar tones (analogous colours) to create SHADOWS and HIGHLIGHTS
Here is a cool example of a face done by Miriam Lowery
Here is a cool example of a face done by Miriam Lowery
She has used grey, black and white as her different tones.
She has used grey, black and white as her different tones.
Lesson 2: Coffee Grounds Drawing
Lesson 2: Coffee Grounds Drawing
You can also use any form of grainy substance for this e.g. tea bags, dirt, sand etc. Please make sure with your parents or caregivers that it is ok to use these first!
Here we are focussing on SPACE - positive vs. negative
Design a composition that uses the left over space (negative space) as much as the positive space to represent Kaitiakitanga. How clever can you get? This can be a whole drawing like the ones below or it can be a logo you design like a stencil or a stamp
Lesson 3: What can we use for wet media?
Lesson 3: What can we use for wet media?
Here are just a few ideas for using food items as 'paint'
What can you use to mix with water to create your own paint?
Can you have a go at painting an image related to Kaitiakitanga using a range of different materials?
Don't have a brush? Here are some ideas to try...
Don't have a brush? Here are some ideas to try...
Lesson 4: Mark making with new tools
Lesson 4: Mark making with new tools
If you do happen to have paint at home or you found something from the last activity that was good to mix with water, have a go at now finding new 'tools' to apply paint onto your page
Focus here is MARK MAKING, PATTERN and TEXTURE
How can you use repetition and angles to create a new image from the shapes and marks that your tools create?
Watch this for some inspiration
Watch this for some inspiration
You can also upload your works to SQUIGGLA - make an account and gain points! This is an excellent way to be practicing your mark making. There are heaps of ideas for you to try so have a go.
You can also upload your works to SQUIGGLA - make an account and gain points! This is an excellent way to be practicing your mark making. There are heaps of ideas for you to try so have a go.
Share - Tohatoha:
Share - Tohatoha:
Let's make sure we share all of our creations and experiments on our blogs.
Below is a framework for you to use
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